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An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms

Melanie Mitchell

"This is the best general book on Genetic Algorithms written to date. It covers background, history, and motivation; it selects important, informative examples of applications and discusses the use of Genetic Algorithms in scientific models; and it gives a good account of the status of the theory of Genetic Algorithms. Best of all the book presents its material in clear, straightforward, felicitous prose, accessible to anyone with a college-level scientific background. If you want a broad, solid understanding of Genetic Algorithms -- where they came from, what's being done with them, and where they are going -- this is the book.
-- John H. Holland, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, and Professor of Psychology, The University of Michigan; External Professor, the Santa Fe Institute.

Genetic algorithms have been used in science and engineering as adaptive algorithms for solving practical problems and as computational models of natural evolutionary systems. This brief, accessible introduction describes some of the most interesting research in the field and also enables readers to implement and experiment with genetic algorithms on their own. It focuses in depth on a small set of important and interesting topics -- particularly in machine learning, scientific modeling, and artificial life -- and reviews a broad span of research, including the work of Mitchell and her colleagues.

Book Details

  • Publisher: MIT Press
  • Publish Date: Mar 2nd, 1998
  • Pages: 221
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.94in - 6.98in - 0.52in - 1.03lb
  • EAN: 9780262631853
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: Programming - GeneralComputer Science

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About the Author

Melanie Mitchell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, is a Fellow of the Michigan Society of Fellows. She is also Director of the Adaptive Computation Program at the Santa Fe Institute.

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Praise for this book

An outstanding introduction to a new and important field of computer science.--Tim Watson, The Computer Journal--

This is a useful introduction to the subject and is well worth reading as an entry into evolutionary computing.

--Chris Robbins, Computing--